Although many modern pistols feature Picatinny rail sections molded or machined into their dustcovers, most do not have their slides’ tops machined for the mounting of red-dot sights.

Of course, you can mount any red dot to a Picatinny rail if your gun is drilled and tapped, but then you’ve added the height of the rail and the sight’s base.

This quick-release mount attaches to your existing picatinny rail and raises the red dot sight. This riser is a one-piece construction, 2.5 inches long, and weighs just 2.3 ounces.

For comparison, below are photos of my Mossberg 835 complete with a rail and red dot atop an adapter plate. In order to get enough comb height to see through this sight, I duck taped strips of foam to ...

Holographic Red Dot Sights. EOTech EXPS3-0 Holographic Weapon Sight. ... It offers 5x magnification with a 2.6 inches of eye relief and the Picatinny rail mount is integral to the sight’s body.

This RMSc to Picatinny adapter optics red dot mount is made for RMSc compatible footprints micro red dot sight install on standard 1913 picatinny/weaver rails.

The Mossberg 940 Pro is available with or without a factory installed micro red-dot optic. The production model 940 Pro Security , shown here, is fitted with a Crimson Trace CTS-1550 3.0 MOA optic.

I’ve been using this style for a while and like my red dot more up front. Plus zero has held very well with this attachment method. It will also give ⅓ co-witness with Aimpoint micros.

It’s a compact red dot with a 20mm objective, and it includes hardware to mount the sight directly to Picatinny rail or up higher with the “I-beam” spacer. The red dot is powered by a CR2032 battery ...